Jones & Keefe: Are the Celtics primed to go back-to-back?

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00:00Here's the real story to me.

00:02The Celtics should still win the East going away.

00:04Like I think the Knicks got a little worse.

00:06I don't believe in Philly.

00:08I don't believe in Milwaukee.

00:10Yeah, Cleveland's an interesting team.

00:11Indy was was competitive last year.

00:14They should still win the East going away.

00:16And even though these teams got better than a year ago in the

00:19case of the Bridges trade for New York.

00:21I think New York and Philly both got a little bit better, but

00:23there's a gap there.

00:24Well, but again, New York got better than last year based on

00:27the Bridges trade, but I think they've gotten worse in the

00:29last couple of days based on the Towns trade, my opinion.

00:32But don't you think, okay, but don't you think just from last

00:35year's team, and I know they were hurt at the end, but just

00:38Bridges and Towns over Randall and DiVincenzo, like,

00:43I think they're better, right?

00:43Yeah.

00:44Okay.

00:44So you at least give them that.

00:45But I would rather have Bridges and Randall than Bridges and

00:47Towns, I guess is what I'm saying.

00:48But they won 50 games last year and they were the number two

00:50seed in the East, right?

00:51There's no real excuse for the Celtics.

00:53It's all about them.

00:54It's all about them.

00:55Is Jalen Brown hungry?

00:56Is Tatum?

00:56I know everybody says they are.

00:57Let's actually see if they are.

00:59Do they take a step back?

01:00Because defending title teams don't win the last five years

01:03in the NBA.

01:04Does the sale get in the way for the Celtics?

01:06Does Porzingis factor into it in any way?

01:08His health?

01:10Those are the questions.

01:10It's not about New York.

01:11It's not about Philly or Cleveland or Indy or anybody else.

01:14Milwaukee, the East is still wide open and it's still there

01:17for the taking for the Celtics.

01:17Yeah, I think this is the year that they break that streak

01:20the NBA does with the back-to-back champions.

01:23I think this is the best version of the Celtics.

01:25Last year was the first year.

01:27The Celtics have been knocking on the door for a while, but

01:29last year was the first year with Holiday and Porzingis.

01:32So I think they're the best team.

01:34And if you also look at the previous five, I think they're

01:36the best suited to win back-to-back, you know, Denver.

01:39So I thought Denver was at least going to get back last year

01:42and they didn't.

01:42So that's sort of like a surprise.

01:44But the other ones are, you know, Kawhi Leonard on the Raptors,

01:47LeBron in the bubble, Durant with the Warriors.

01:50Like there's sort of more obvious or Curry.

01:52I mean with the Warriors where they really weren't a great

01:55team anymore.

01:56That was sort of their last gas.

01:57Yeah, but no, this is their prime to win back-to-back.

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